Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

What does Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil adds scent, hides an unwanted smell or taste and gives a feeling of well-being to skin or hair. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: perfuming, masking and tonic.

What is Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil?

Cardamom Oil. Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the dried ripe seeds of Elettaria cardamomum, Zingiberaceae. It contains Eucalyptol, sabinene, D-alpha-terpineol and its acetate, borneol, limonene, terpinene, L-4-terpinenol and its acetate and formate.

CAS number

8000-66-6, 85940-32-5

EC number

288-922-1

CosIng reference

76152

Which products contain Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face serums and toothpastes.

• Face serums1
• Toothpastes1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · United Kingdom 2 · France 1 · Switzerland 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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